Where does “hurraa-huuto” come from?

hurraa-huuto (Finnish) comes from Finnish hurraa, from Swedish hurra, from German hurra — hooray.

hurraa-huuto (Finnish): hurrah, hurray, hooray, hurrah cheer instance of crying hurrah to someone or something

Definitions

  1. hurrah, hurray, hooray, hurrah cheer instance of crying hurrah to someone or something

Ancestry of “hurraa-huuto”, step by step

hurraa-huuto traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish hurraa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishhurraahurrah!
2Swedishhurrahooray!; to shout hooray, to celebrate
3Germanhurrahooray

via Finnish huuto

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishhuutoscream, cry
2Finnishhuutaato shout, yell, holler; to scream, shriek; to...
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